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The 950 million volts fried Amber Escudero-Kontostathis’s nerves, melted her skin and stopped her heart. But the lone survivor tells herself, ‘I’m the lucky one’, writes William Wan

Analyst who leaked studies showing US government knew the Vietnam war was un-winnable became activist and writer

The journalistic crusade against "bothsidesism" is an unsubtle attempt at enforcing political orthodoxy.

Money doesn't buy happiness — or does it? Here's what one student who took Yale's 10-week online class found.

Ukraine’s long-awaited counter-offensive against Russian forces aimed at retaking swathes of territory captured since the war began last February appears to be ramping up, with results so far decidedly mixed.

Roadrunner hatchling named Miles was driven 660 miles in total before dying at wildlife rescue center several days later

Says media inattention or inaccuracies that she could not correct didn't help

Lawyer Thomas A. Durkin has spent much of his career working in national security law, representing clients in a variety of national security and domestic terrorism matters. Joseph Ferguson was a national security prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where Durkin was also a…

The Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski, has been depicted in various artistic works, and inspired popular culture, with movies and TV series centred around his criminal mastermind